Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Section I - Margaret Gatty (1809-1873) Chapter 1. For the Love of Seaweeds: 'Mrs Alfred Gatty' and Woman's Place in Science Chapter 2. 'Monarch of All She Surveys': Margaret Gatty's Career as a Naturalist. Section II - Marianne North (1830-1873) Chapter 3. Finding a New Life: Mariane North as Daughter, Patron and Traveller Chapter 4. Painting Outside the Lines: Mariane North's Botanical Art. Section III - Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1828-1901) Chapter 5. 'A Lady Entomologist': Eleanor Anne Ormerod and the Politics of Gender in Science Chapter 6. 'Not Wholly Separate': Eleanor Anne Ormerod as Popularizer and Professional Entomologist Chapter 7. Re-Imaging Victorian Women Naturalists Conclusion^lBibliography

About the Author

Suzanne Le-May Sheffield

Reviews

'Suzanne Le-May Sheffield has done a fine job of recreating the diverse circumstances of these three remarkable women, overturning the assumption that Victorian women were helpless in the face of the roles that men had in mind for them, without ever denying that they were oppressed' -A Passion for Seaweed, Jim Endersby